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Marcus said he's willing to give up control on the TWC user interface, which could mean that Apple is actually just cooking up a dumb cable box disguised in a well-designed package. It's really the first time we've gotten any kind of confirmation from a provider that they're working directly with Apple ( though it corroborates last month's WSJ report to that effect). For now it seems clearer that Apple is not working on a channels as apps service, but just a boring old set-top box. And that sucks. [Hollywood Reporter via TechCrunch via MacRumors]